Christmas in isolation: Frustration, anger and despair at border rules
Share Christmas was supposed to be the first opportunity for Queenslander Monique Navratil to introduce her 6-month-old daughter Athena to her Sydney family. Instead, both will be spending Christmas in self-isolation. After travelling in Sydney late last week for the summer holidays, Navratil made the tough call on Sunday to head back home to Queensland early to avoid an expensive two-week stint in hotel quarantine. She joined tens of thousands of Australians making a last-minute dash to get out of Sydney and large parts of NSW before strict border measures came into effect. Monique Navratil ...